BM 33041

Origin: acquired by the British Museum in 1878 [1].

First published: in 1882 by T G Pinches [2].

Translation

... [in] the 37th year, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Bab[ylon] mar[ched against] Egypt (Mi-ṣir) to deliver a battle. [Ama]sis (text: [...]-a(?)-su), of Egypt, [called up his a]rm[y] ... [...]ku from the town Puṭu-I̯aman ... distant regions which (are situated on islands) amidst the sea ... many ... which/who (are) in Egypt ... [car]rying weapons, horses and [chariot]s ... he called up to assist him and ... did [...] in front of him ... he put his trust ... (only the first signs at the beginning and the end of the following 7 or 8 lines are legible).

[3, p. 308]

Key points

According to D J Wiseman [4, p. 94]:

the text B.M. 33041 which refers to a Babylonian march in the thirty-seventh year of his reign to do battle against [Ama]sis, king of Egypt, who had raised his army.

References

[1] “BM 33041,” The British Museum. [Online]. Available: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1878-1015-22.

[2] T. G. Pinches, “A New Fragment of the History Of Nebuchadnezzar III.Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, vol. 7, pp. 210–225, 1882, [Online]. Available: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WYes8TzVAXUC.

[3] J. B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton University Press, 1969.

[4] D. J. Wiseman, Chronicles of Chaldean Kings (626-556 B.C.): In the British Museum. British Museum, 1956, [Online]. Available: http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/ref/collection/iraqiarcheology/id/85.